RE: Rush to Fix Quake-Damaged Undersea Cables

["Masato YAMANISHI" <myamanis () japan-telecom com>]

Hi Marshall and all,

> About half of the existing cables running across the Pacific 
> are damaged ...
>
> It that realistic ? That seems like much more damage than 
> anything I have heard or seen.

Yes, it's definetely true.

Rgs,
Masato 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Eubanks [mailto:tme () americafree tv] 
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:54 AM
> To: NANOG list
> Subject: Rush to Fix Quake-Damaged Undersea Cables
>
> In this WSJ article
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487048936045761999
> 52421569210.html
>
> or
>
> http://on.wsj.com/gaPk8V 
>
> This caught my eye :
>
> About half of the existing cables running across the Pacific 
> are damaged ...
>
> It that realistic ? That seems like much more damage than 
> anything I have heard or seen.
>
> Regards
> Marshall